of Jacksonville, AR

October 10, 1934 - May 28, 2023

Charles Edward Venus died on May 28, 2023 at the age

of 88 years. He was preceded in death by parents

William David Venus and Mary Elizabeth Rednour Venus,

grandparents, brother, two sisters, wife Bessie Marlene

Culpepper Venus, son Charles E. Venus, Jr., daughter,

Dana Natalie Venus Hoover, and great grandson Asher Barber.


He is survived by his sister, Donna Sue Venus Green,

of Miami, Fl., daughter in law Victoria Jo Peterson Venus

and granddaughters, Andrea Venus Barber and husband Tyler Barber,

and Sydney Venus; great granddaughter Kinsley Jo Barber and

great grandson Waylon Charles Barber, son in law Troy Hoover;

grandson Troy Hoover Jr.; and granddaughters Sarah Hoover

and Taylor Hoover; and daughter Stacy Lea Venus Furr

and husband Wayne Furr; step-grand-daughter Morgan Furr

Coulter and husband Caleb Coulter; step great-grand-daughters

Emma Joe Coulter, Harper James Coulter and Kimber Jay Coulter;

and step-grand-son Jordon Furr.


He grew up in Louisville, Ky., where he enlisted

in the United States Air Force (1952-1956), and

was stationed in San Antonio, Texas, Illinois,

Japan, The Philippines, and Wyoming. He was

trained in Cryptography.


He was honorably discharged in 1956; married

Bessie Marlene Culpepper of Pine Bluff, and registered

at Arkansas A&M College, Monticello, where he

obtained a BA degree in business administration in

1959; attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

and received an MBA in business administration, also

in 1959. He taught at the University at Fayetteville from

1959 until 1962, and received a PhD in business

administration in 1964.


In 1962 he was employed by the University at the Industrial

Research and Extension Center in Little Rock where he

conducted economic development research until 1973.

From 1973 to the present he was a self-employed

consulting economist. He had many, many clients, and

wonderful friends. He served on the Arkansas Governor's

Council of Economic Advisors for every governor since the

Council was started by Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, and

drafted the Arkansas tax revision plan for Governor Bumpers.


Funeral services will be held Friday, June 2, 2023, at 7:00 PM, at Roller-Owens Funeral Home in North Little Rock. A visitation will be held before the service from 5:00-7:00 PM.


A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 10:00 AM, at Memorial Park Cemetery in White Hall, Arkansas.

Obituary Provided By:
Roller-Owens Funeral Home
5509 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
North Little Rock, AR  72116
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